RB · Washington Commanders · week 6 vs San Francisco 49ers · Mon Oct 19 · 8:15 PM ET
Austin Ekeler
TYPE Committee back
ROLE in the rotation
EXP 9 seasons
AGE 29-31
DEPTH RB2
90%PLAYEXPECTED
As of week 6, Austin Ekeler was an RB for WAS, age 31.3, 9 seasons of experience. In 2026 through week 5 he was listed at depth rank 2 on his club's depth chart; he had played 2 games on 18% of snaps; his line was 14 rush yards a game, 3.5 carries a game and 13 receiving yards a game. Before 2026 he played 123 games (postseason included) over 9 seasons with 1 second-team All-Pro. His injury history held 18 episodes (ankle 4, concussion 3, hamstring 2), 4 of them reaching OUT, 6 a repeat of an earlier site; the last was a shoulder injury in 2025 week 2.
The full read
How our call moved this week
100500
79%79%79%83%83%62%62%62%83%84%84%84%90%90%90%
Fri 7:01 AM ETMon 5:01 PM ET
our call, P(plays)
79% LIKELY → 90% EXPECTED
Every call we wrote for him this week, earliest first, as written.
In short
Austin Ekeler is in the rotation at running back for WAS — 27% of the snaps in his best week of 3. He has a chest injury. This week he practised limited. His team has not listed him on the final report. We say he plays — 90%, in a band that plays 96% of the time. We have said PLAY since 85 hours before kickoff.
15versions this week
9average, every player
29most for one player
How the call moved
EXPECTED since Mon Oct 19 · 7:01 AM ET · 13 h before kickoff. Biggest move: 62% → 83%, Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET to Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET, with no club report in between.
This week's call
NOT EXPECTEDUNLIKELYCOIN FLIPLIKELYEXPECTED
90% · EXPECTED
we expect him to play — this band plays 96% of the time (96–97%), measured out of fold. We stand behind this one.
Practice this week
Thu
LPdated Thu Oct 15
Shape of the week: single reading. Only days the publisher dated are shown; a day we could not date is left out until the nightly sweep stamps it. The shape is a fact, not a forecast.
Head start
Our call
Kickoff
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rush yds / game10 range -1.0–29
wk 4–6 · 3 games
Carries / game2.7 range 1.0–4.0
wk 4–6 · 3 games
Rec yds / game10 range 4.0–15
wk 4–6 · 3 games
Snap share15.7% range 10–27
wk 4–6 · 3 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
27%wk 4
10%wk 5
10%wk 6
Missed while on the injury report
Season
Weeks on the report
Missed while listed
2026
1
0
Only the weeks he was on the injury report with a recorded result — not every game of his career.
Medical history
When
Injury
Weeks on a report
Worst status
2026 · wk 6
chest
1
—
2025 · wk 2
shoulder
1
—
2024 · wk 18
concussion
1
Questionable
2024 · wk 13
concussion
1
Out
2024 · wk 6
achilles
1
—
2024 · wk 4
concussion
2
Out
2023 · wk 2
ankle
5
Out
2022 · wk 17
knee
1
—
2022 · wk 9
abdomen
1
—
2021 · wk 14
ankle
2
Questionable
2021 · wk 8
hip
2
Questionable
2021 · wk 3
ankle
2
—
2021 · wk 1
hamstring
1
Questionable
2020 · wk 15
quad
1
Questionable
2020 · wk 5
hamstring
1
—
2018 · wk 18
groin
1
Questionable
2018 · wk 14
ankle
1
—
2018 · wk 12
neck
5
Out
2017 · wk 16
hand
2
Questionable
Every injury episode on file for him, as the record holds it.
Injury history by season · 19 episodes · 32 weeks on a report · same site more than once: ankle ×4
Each bar is one episode: the week it began and how many weeks he was on a report, coloured by the worst status.
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6PLAY 79% ✓ rightbefore his team said anything; played
Season on him: 1 of 1 graded call of ours right. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Stefon Diggs
WR
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Marcus Mariota
QB
DNP
team's word
Out
Laremy Tunsil
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Lucas Patrick
G
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Fabian Moreau
CB
LTD
team's word
—
Jeremy McNichols
RB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Jeremy Reaves
S
LTD
ours
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
Isaac Yiadom
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Charles Omenihu
DE
DNP
team's word
Out
Terry McLaurin
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
92%
EXPECTED
Javon Kinlaw
DT
LTD
team's word
Questionable
K'Lavon Chaisson
LB
FULL
ours
PLAY
97%
EXPECTED
Rachaad White
RB
LTD
ours
PLAY
99%
EXPECTED
Nick Cross
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Treylon Burks
WR
LTD
ours
PLAY
94%
EXPECTED
Leo Chenal
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Percy Butler
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Quan Martin
S
FULL
ours
PLAY
89%
EXPECTED
Jordan Magee
LB
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Javontae Jean-Baptiste
LB
DNP
team's word
Out
Tyler Owens
S
LTD
team's word
Questionable
Jer'Zhan Newton
DT
UNK
team's word
—
Jayden Daniels
QB
FULL
ours
PLAY
95%
EXPECTED
T.J. Maguranyanga
LB
UNK
team's word
—
Jaylin Lane
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Jacory Croskey-Merritt
RB
DNP
team's word
Out
Trey Amos
CB
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Tanoa Togiai
G
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
Profile — as of week 6
Role
RB2 · 18% snaps
Season
2026 · 2 games through wk 5
Per game
14 rush yards · 3.5 carries · 13 receiving yards
Career
9 seasons · 123 games before 2026
Honors
1× second-team All-Pro
Injuries
18 episodes · last: shoulder, 2025 wk 2
Bio
age 31.3 · 9 seasons' experience
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.
in the rotation at running back — 27% of the snaps in his best week of 3
Listed on the depth chart
second at running back
Snaps played
16% a week on average over 3 weeks, 27% at his highest
Build
5 ft 10 in · 200 lb
College
Western State
Drafted
undrafted
Age
29-31 at the season's start
Experience
9 seasons
When this call was made, and when the world knew
WrittenWe first said PLAY.
PublicOur call became public, at kickoff.
KickoffKickoff.
How our call moved, earliest first
When
Lead
Call
Chance he plays
Band
On what
Fri Oct 16 · 7:01 AM ET
85 h
PLAY
79%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 12:01 PM ET
80 h
PLAY
79%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 3:49 PM ET
76 h
PLAY
79%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:02 PM ET
75 h
PLAY
83%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 5:21 PM ET
75 h
PLAY
83%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Fri Oct 16 · 7:56 PM ET
72 h
PLAY
62%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 7:02 AM ET
61 h
PLAY
62%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 12:02 PM ET
56 h
PLAY
62%
COIN FLIP
after his team's announcement
Sat Oct 17 · 5:01 PM ET
51 h
PLAY
83%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 7:01 AM ET
37 h
PLAY
84%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 12:02 PM ET
32 h
PLAY
84%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Sun Oct 18 · 5:05 PM ET
27 h
PLAY
84%
LIKELY
before his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 7:01 AM ET
13 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 12:02 PM ET
8 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
Mon Oct 19 · 5:01 PM ET
3 h
PLAY
90%
EXPECTED
before his team said anything
15 calls this week, and the call never flipped between PLAY and SIT. Each lead time is the one that call actually had when it was written — never recounted from now. A call that changes is the record working: new evidence arrived and we said so, in public, before the game.
His record this season
Wk
Practice
Chance he plays
Call
Source
Played
6
LTD
79%
PLAY
before his team said anything
yes
A blank in Played is a week not yet settled — never a no.
What this page does not show
the reader's opinion — it has not read him this week.